Threats, Prophet? After all we've been through."
"Promises. And I'm really goddamned good at promises.


S.E. Jakes

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Saying of the Prophet.
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Until nothing at all existed between them.
But shared breaths.
And unspoken promises.
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My faceless neighbor spoke up:

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The promises of God hold up long after the promises of the world have blown up.
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.
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And the promises have not been delivered.
LUIS GARCIA
Like Cupid,
your promises
were just misses.
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Through it all, she found God to be faithful to his promises to sustain her.
HENRY CLOUD
So friendship is all about ignoring?
...

Fake smiles?
...

Lies
...
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.
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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.
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Sometimes people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them.
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I don't want to make promises I can't keep.
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Some promises aren’t worth keeping.
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Some things you don't have to promise. You just do.
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Lust promises you the world, and disappoints. Love promises you the universe, and delivers.
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Hearts get infiltrated.
Promises get broken.
Rules get shattered.
Love gets ugly.
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You can keep your paper promises
and all your worldly treasures.
But you cannot buy peace ...
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The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.
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Truthfully, God always keeps His promises but we often break our promises.
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Good Men stand against corruption and war.
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Your 10,000 promises?
That you gave to me (to me, babe)
Your 10,00...
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America is promises to take! America is promises to us to take them.
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Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent.
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Im okay Im okay now.
But you really need to listen to me
'cause im telling you the trut...
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I swore on my knees at the altar where you held me that I would kill you. It was an oath you made me...
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I am stuffing your mouth with your
promises and watching
you vomit them out upon my face.
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And truths, these days, are spoken
The same way promises are made,
With gritted teeth and ...
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Promises from Lo are like bars at 2 a.m.--empty.
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I've learned that when God promises beauty through the ashes, He means it.
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To make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.
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I'll only make promises I know we can afford and we can keep.
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A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise.
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Liars make the best promises.
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Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.
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In a world where vows are worthless.Where making a pledge means nothing. Where promises are made to ...
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I've seen enough cowboys in my life to know I don't want one for a husband."
...Victoria
"...
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No promises,
no demands,
Just solid reb...
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God's promises are all on condition of humble obedience.
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Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not ...
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seven years of empty promises, of following the wrong policies, or of not seeing things through.
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Break hearts, not promises.
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Because there are no guarantees.
No promises on time.
There is only this moment.
And ...
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Promises are only as strong as the person who gives them ...
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; i...
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Prayer turns problems into promises and possibilities.
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Promises are only as good as the giant teddy bears they are built upon.
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The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep.
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The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep.
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here wonder...
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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits
Where hope i...
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Oft expectations fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits
Where h...
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One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.
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Venerable, because it has perfect knowledge of man; lovable because it promises the true good.
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays.
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winks and nods and quiet promises over conference calls.
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He who promises runs in debt
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Life is full of broken promises.
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